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CBF, Haitian Baptists sign three-year agreement for earthquake recovery

As part of its ongoing earthquake response efforts in Haiti, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has signed a memorandum of understanding — representing an official partnership — with the Convention Baptiste d’Haiti.

06/09/2010 - By Administrator

Independent panel criticizes Obama, Bush, Clinton on religious freedom

A bipartisan federal panel charged with monitoring religious-freedom questions worldwide has blasted current and past administrations — Republican and Democratic alike — for under-emphasizing religious liberty in foreign policy.

04/30/2010 - By Administrator

Russia adoption controversy hasnât affected âAngelsâ hosting program

Officials at Buckner International say the recent political furor over a news report about a mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia on a one-way flight has not affected the group’s “Angels from Abroad” orphan hosting program scheduled for this summer. The story has generated threats from Russian foreign ministry officials to suspend adoptions from the country.

04/15/2010 - By Administrator

No announced suspension of Russian adoptions, Buckner says

Officials with Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services say they have not received any official notification about the suspension of adoptions from the Russian Ministry of Education, the arm of the government that oversees international adoptions.

04/15/2010 - By Administrator

Chinaâs religious head says house churches must register

The Chinese government’s new head of religious affairs has downplayed the role of house churches during his first official visit to Hong Kong, saying they must be registered with the government for their own protection.

04/08/2010 - By Marv Knox

Last Baptist worker held in Haiti faces new charge

The last of 10 Americans held in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping now faces a new charge stemming from an earlier alleged attempt to bus child earthquake victims to the Dominican Republic three days before the 10 Baptist church-group volunteers were arrested at the border Jan. 29.

03/15/2010 - By Administrator

Legal expert says remaining Baptist jailed in Haiti likely to be set free

Unless new charges are filed against her, the last of 10 Southern Baptist mission volunteers jailed in Haiti on suspicion of child kidnapping will have to be released, according to an expert on Haiti's legal system.

03/10/2010 - By Administrator

Haiti judge frees one Baptist volunteer; leader still jailed

A judge in Haiti freed one of two remaining Baptist volunteers Monday but kept the group's leader in jail pending further investigation.

03/09/2010 - By Administrator

250 Baptist churches destroyed by Chile quake

About 250 Baptist churches in Chile were destroyed in the powerful earthquake that shook the country Feb. 27, according to the Baptist World Alliance.

03/06/2010 - By Marv Knox

Relief launched for quake in Chile described as ‘without parallel’

Southern Baptists have released $50,000 for immediate relief needs in Chile, where the death toll has climbed past 700 in an earthquake disaster described by the country’s president as “without parallel in Chile's history.” A Southern Baptist assessment team is en route to the country for dialogue with ministry partners about needs and on-the-ground evaluation of the damage caused by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in the pre-dawn hours Feb. 27.

03/01/2010 - By Administrator

Baptists pledge support for earthquake victims in Chile

Even as Baptists began to dig in for a long-term response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, focus shifted to another quake that killed hundreds and caused billions of dollars in property damage in Chile.